You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
ALAN KINGThen, of course, you’re hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
More Alan King Quotes
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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The ability to absorb a book and make someone else’s words and story your own was exactly was I was doing on stage.
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Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
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My brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn’t let him cut my nails.
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I don’t mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
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I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
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My lawyer said, “Shouldn’t be a problem. What kind of coverage do you have?” I said, “Fire and theft.” The lawyer frowned. “Uh oh. Wrong kind. Should be fire OR theft.”
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Let’s face it: It’s difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.
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One thing I’ve never said in my whole life is, ‘Let’s have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.’
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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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When I read Dickens for the first time, I thought he was Jewish, because he wrote about oppression and bigotry, all the things that my father talked about.
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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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My father was a dreamer – my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady’s handbags.
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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